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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FKIDAY, APRIL 4, 1884. fliE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. TheTzt.coraph and Meuenoir it pnbllih- &1 irerj day except Monday, und weekly ev- Daily la delivered by earners la the city or mailed pottage free to aub*erlt>en at 91 ,H.50foT t^H I ■ r 910 it 9 lor three months,, 99 tor six tH Weeext it mailed to aubterlbert, poa- tage free, at 9l.50a yearand7Sc. fortlxmonth. T,, the of live 9l.l» per year, and to chibs of ten 11 per rear, and an extra copy to getter up <0 , , of live nr ten. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at 91 per square of ten lines, or less, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each suit--Mucnt Insertion; and for the It eeely at 9t p,T square for each Insertion, liberal rates to contractors. Rejected communications will not be re turned. Correspondence containing Important news, and discussions of llvini? topics, 1* solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one side of the paper to have attention. Remittances should be made by Express, Money Order or Registered letter. Agents wanted In every community in tho Plate, to whom liberal commissions will be paid. IFostmastors are especially requested to write for terms. All communications should be addressed to H. C. HANSON, Manager, Macon, Ga. Ding dong bell, _ Boom's in the well. W Who put it in ? little Andy Green. Who palled it out? little Howell, stout. Arthur and his Breeches do not appear t» be popular in Sew England. The Yan kees have no spare aflcctions to !*e wasted on Sew York dudes. Tits man that Is afraid to gire his views to the public, over liis own signature, ought not to have any views. Tapers ought not to be expected to handle the hot chestnuts ot tho anonymous statesmen. Tnr question as to who was the actual discoverer of the continent of North Amer ica should not be again thrust upon a shuddering world. Still we are strongly tempted to give the credit of it to Hannibal Hamlin. It is utid that the Mormon missionaries are. again actively at work in Douglas county. If the people like it. they have n right to stand it. We know some Georgia communities that would take a different view of the matter. Tue next Legislature ought to do itself the crcdUol imposing a tax on oil dogs— especially fouiale dogs—or, rather, on their owners. The dog industry in Georgia is too flourishing tor the good of other and more important State interests. Tms is a queer world. It ia announced that ''free trade will make goods and pro visions cheap.'' Well, that will mean cheap cotton, cheap wool, cheap oats, Cheap corn, wheat, and so forth. Now, if this is what tho farmer wants, ho has taken an obscure and roundabout way of letting the fact be known. Tiif. iuuie trade of Georgia this year wiii probably amount to more than ten million dollars—about one-third of the value of the rottoncrop. This will furnish tho founda tion for many learned disquisitions during tho fall, on tho "folly of raising cotton.' There is no law to prevent farmers from raising mules os well as cotton. Tilh free trndo papers bowl abont “war taxes," when they apeak of Impost duties but lltry smilingly approve of “war taxes" in the matter of the Internal revenae sys tem. If opposed to "wsr taxes” why do they neglect to demand the abolition of ex cise taxes? They constitute tho worst of the surviving impositions of the war. There are generally two (idea to a ques tion. The farmers want cheaper cotton goods. They would like to have them 50 per cent cheaper. Well, now. are they willing to raise cotton SO per cent, cheaper in order to accomplish that end? It doesn't need to be argued that in order to have cheap goods there must be cheap raw materials. Owe of oar contemporaries states that "the full moon in April if the time to catch bjeam," and seeks to put us in the attitude of denying it. We know of noth ing to keep bmm from being hungry nt that time, or a fe tr minutes earlier or later, for that matter. Our observation ia that Ashes bite best when they are hungriest. The same thing Is true of newspaper men and other animals. The Whisky Bill Has lieen beaten by a vote so decisive to leave no margin for further dis cussion. A Democratic House retires the government from the business of ripening whisky for a monopoly and paying for the privilege of doing it at the same time. This action ought to commend the Democratic party to the confidence and support of the good men of tho country. This audacious and powerful monop olv, which has virtually dictated its own terms to the government for years; which lias controlled elec tions and divided high offices and rich patronage, lias been humbled and crushed, beyond a rally ing point. This has been accomplished under circumstances not auspicious to the task. That it should have been accomplished under suclt circumstanc es, strengthens the ground for congrat ulation. From this time forward a different tone will t« given to iegis' ution. Smart ing under defeat and disappointment, the main supporters of the measure may be loud and violent in their threats. The country may he treated to a series of lurid, hand-painted pro- nunciamentoes, but there will be much more of noise than harm. Tariff reform legislation must languish, even if, indeed, it do not die, for tariff re form and the wliUky bill, though dif- ering widely in sound, were at the core convertible terms, the one dependent upon the other. The Morrison hori zontal bill must now stand or fall upon its own merits, the powerful props of personal and financial inlluence having been cut away. There is another interesting consid eration eonneeted most intimately with this subject. The presses which have most vehemently supported the whisky hill never found time and space sufficient for denunciations of bloated monopolies. A Democratic House has shown its entire willingness and capacity to deal with monopolies. It has seized tiie most powerful and bla tant one in the country, lias hauled it up to the bar and beheaded it, without benefit of-clergy. This action leaves Henry Wntterson and Green B. Ilaum out of a present job. Let these states men go out upon the highways and by ways, and seize the next most powerful monopoly, or'any monopoly that may be found. Let them drag it to the block, and hid a Democratic House be head it. A little active work oi this kind will supersedo tho necessity, if suclt now exists, for the Morrison hori zontal hill. duly elected, but had died before the day fixed for his inauguration. But if the President elect should die after the electors had cast their votes, but before the voles had been counted and "declared” by the Senate and House of Representatives, we are una ble to say what the decision would be. Neither the constitution nor the statute passed to carry it into effect, lias made provision for such.a case. It is our opinion however, that it would bo the duty of Congress to declare the Vice President elect to be the rightful person to act as President. The question raised by our corres pondent shows tiie necessity of an early amendment of the constitution, and the great importance of nominating men sound in body and mind, who will probably live to take the oath of office, and he able to discharge Us onerous duties. Confederate Dead In Northern Cemeteries Tho Columbus, Ohio, Timet says: The condition of the Confederate cemetery at Camp Chase has long been known to citizens of Columbus familiar with the locality, and a source of morti fication and regret to every citizen who has any pride in such matters, or can forget that nearly all who lie there be neath the green sward wore tho ‘gray' of the Southern soldier, and lost their lives while battling for what they thought was patriotic. True it is, they were enemies of the country when they fell by the wayside, but tiie rancor of war spirit and petty differences have all been effaced by the corroding hand of time, and we now know them only as American citizens, who wore tho ‘gray’ as their Northern brethren wore the “blue”—both perhaps correct from their standpoints. Since the close of the war in 1805, the ruthless hand of decay has taken a firm hold on the surroundings of the Confederate ceme tery at Camp Chase, and tho place is in a most dilapidated condition. Fences Are down, marks of identification are destroyed, and animals are allowed to roam at will through the sacred spot that should be set apart and cared for as the last dwelling place of our erring brethren. Over 2,000 dead are there, representing every State in the South, from the Florida Keys to tho Potomac river on the east, and from Texas to Missouri, all along tho line of the west ern confines of the Confederacy.” What is said in relation to the ccmc- t The Presidential Succession. Wo are in receipt of tho following in quiry regarding tho Presidential suc cession under certain circumstances: prisoners. It is n reproach to tiie States of the South that sucli is tho trutli now. Dtnuso tlin present season,Q7.000 West ern mules bare been sold in the Atlanta market at an average price of 1125 n head. Thus, it will be aeen, one market contribu. ted 94.6Aj.0u0 to the annuel outflowlrg stream of money from Georgia to the West, to pay for wbat could be, and should be, raised at home. When the streams from other quarters How into the Atlanta stream tho result will be a river ot wealth—flow ing away forever. The proceeds of Ute cot ton crop are thus swallowed up, year after year, and the farmers wonder why they ii.iitinuetobe poor. The wonder is that all of them are not bankrupt. Gloeuia farmer] can't raise cotton as cheaply as It is grown in Egypt and India, even wlu-n their farms are self-sustaining. England is fostering cotton-growing in them countries, to get the advantage of this cheap cotton in her mills. The price of cotton in this country is already affect ed by the Kactera supply. When the free traders put the cotton growers and the cotton manufacturers here on s footing oi direct competition with the Eastern growers and the English manufacturers tiie Georgia cotton crop will not bring the fanners money enough to pay for their Western mules. Mark the statement B' ^Tur whisky men Intend to dodge the tax it possible. TheLouiavillntburiersIowniaf sap "The detest of the whisky bill by tiie House creeled no excitement among ' ..u dealers in this city. The opinion '.-Id by many that, under the United .-•. ies constitution, Congress has no right t> inflict the penalty provided for the non payment of the whiaky tax before the whisky is offered for isle, and that the law Is unconstitutional.” This monopoly has l-s-it fairly and badly whinped in an open fight on tu chosen ground. It now pro- j- « togofrom Congress totbe courts ■>ud •> invoke the law's delay, in order to the payment of taxee and to give Ihe w iii-ky time to mellow. rnCMIUMgFO* CLUBS. will send tho Weeei.y Txle- i and M>: otEKuEE for one year, o any one who will gft np n club ' subaeribera for it st • one dollar renty-flve etuis each per year; nest Kditus Tei.eorani and Uzssenosr: If Mr. Tilden (or any other man) should bo elected President and die he fora his Inauguration and taking the oath of office, would the Vice Pres ident elect bocomo I*rcsldcnt? or would an other election be necessary? 1 have asked the question of sevoral persons, but none of them could answer It. Will you be kind Vtiough to do so? Respectfully, etc., Adam Uarris. Shady Dele, Jasper county, (it., March ‘JO, 18*1. Tho question put by our correspontl- ent is not without its difficulty. Tho constitution is plain, ns far as it goes; but both the constitution and tho act of Congress designed to carry it into effect fall for short of their purposo, and hence the efforts made of late years to amend the constitution as to cover all possible contingencies. Tito electors for each State are re quired to meet and give their votes (or 'resident and Vice-I'resident upon tho first Wednesday in December. A cer tificate of the vote must ho sent to tho President of the Senate at tho sent ot government, before tiie first Monday in January then next ensuing. The stat ute contains this additional provision Congress shall be in session on the second Wednesday in February suc ceeding every meeting of the electors, and tho certificates, or so many of them as have been received, shall then lie pened, the votes counted and tho per sons to fill the offices of President and Vice-President ascertained and de clared, agreeable to the constitution.' If the person receiving the highest number of votes for President, being majority of tiie whole, should die be fore the electors meet and give their votes upon tiie first Wednesday in De cember, the electors would in that event cast their votes for some other man; otherwise their vote would be lost. Id 1872 the electoral vote Georgia was coat for Mr. Greeley, who had died after tho popular election and before the State electors con vened at Atlanta. A certificate of the vote was forwarded to Washington required by law, but the vote was thrown out, because it had been cast for a dead man—that is, for no man at all. In case the President-elect dies after the vote has been forwarded to the President of the Senate, ami been duly “ascertained and declared, agreeable to the constitution,” hut before lie has taken the oatli of office, the Vice l'resi dent-elect would, we think, become the President. We base this opinion upon that clauaeof the constitution which provides the proper mode of procedure wliere there bare been three or more candidates voted for by the people, neither one of whom has received a majority of the whole vote. In ibis contingency it is male the duty of the House of Representatives to choose kite President. And the con- stntion says, “if tne House of Repre sentatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall de volve upon them, before the fourth day up s clnb of °1 March next following, then the Vice- ilareach President shall act os President.” If aj to M . the Vice-President could act as Presi- mfcly pa-1 dent in • case like this, much more Jjsw j$ a i would be he entitled to succeed the I Prekdox: ciget who bad bees declared ..... it. I another nineteen hundred years, the ror many years niter the war the tic-1 ^ , lin mands upon our people wore so erent ” ” relieve distress and to regulate the dislocated machinery of State govern ments, that it was impossible to neglect uro 8 “ ch ? P? riod ol ,utu , re U “°; the living In caring for the dead. But ‘°cn hundred ycars-and 7“ for tho noble women of tho South, the remains ol dead Confederate, would ^^, !' Wo shrink hack have rested on tho battlefields and ,b " h ed when 'vo under ake to fore- highways, and no monuments would | caaU! , the chanKes ihat wiU occ.r dur- Imre been reared to tell of their hero ism and sacrifice. The time has come when this re- to em,morato worlds that people preach should no longer rest ngain.t ? n f to ™ kon ages that have us. The financial condition of our eUprel sinco hey were created, and States is such that tho money may he ho “ n, “ rie * ‘ hat wlU , C0 T an< ^; full debt of gratitude wo owe them can •nd^mir.Uon. Pompmed with these . T. . , , I rolling ages, tiie .life ot tho contenarian never ho pawl; but we can gtvo them I. ,7 . , . . _ — . . * . — — I ia veniy but a span—less indeed os life sixth Congress, between Randall and Blaokburn, Mr. Toombs flashed this to Blackburn: ‘‘The perpetuity of re publican institutions depends upon the defeat of Randall. ‘Ho who dallies is a dastard, he who doubts is damned.’ " Randall was nevertheless elected, hut Blackfiurn added a new rhetorical grenade to his oratorical armory. And in a few weeks lie exploded it with great effect against the Democratic party in a wild speech. Ho took it down to Kentucky witii him, nnd dur ing the late Senatorial contest it did duty many times in different hands. The country still stands, despite the cool and mistaken methods of Carlisle and the rattling eloquence of Black hum. The people are doing fairly well. Let us hope that Mr. Toombs may long be spared to startle and amuse us with his wit by wire. But a Span. The New York Sun of the 28th inst contained the following announcement of the death of an aged woman: Mrs. Sarah Wilkes Bants died on Monday night at l,003Grecne avenue, Brooklyn, in her lind year. She had been a widow sixty years. Four of her brothers tired to be over 90. Mrs. Banta retained her faculties almost to the last- It is not an uncommon thing to find notices like this in our exchanges, where people die after attaining to the great ago of ono hundred years nnd more. If to Mrs. Banta’s one hundred and two years he added the ninety years of each of her four brothers, we have four hundred and sixty- two years. If these fivo aged persons had succeeded each other—in other other words, if the second one had been born just as the first one died, and so on to the end of tho five, their united years would extend back to the year of our Lord, 1422, or seventy years before Cjylumbus discovered the American continent. In some part of the world, a centen arian departs every year to “that un discovered bourne from whence no trav eler returns.” If one dies every one hundred years, it would require the lives of only nineteen of them to ex tend back to the beginning of the Christian era, and to connect us with the days of Christ and His apostles. It seems a long time since those sa cred characters trod the earth, if we compute it by years. How different it appears when reckoned by the lives of these nineteen men, standing in aline, as it were, and each representing a century. What vast changes have taken place during their lives, in sci- ry at Camp Chase is true no douhtlts to other cemeteries nt the North that con- . fain tho remains of dead Confederate c " cc - art - nrm9 ' ^graphical knowl edge, commerce nnd civilization. Standing on the bridge of tiie nine teenth century, and looking forward mind is lost in the immensity of tho view. Wo are staggered and confused when wo attempt to tako in or to mens of nineteen centenarians, linked to- we may judge from the appropria tions made to construct the jet ties at the mouth of the river, and to strengthen the levees along the banks at certain placeB, the government not only recog nizes its duty, but is actively engaged in discharging it. But it must occur to everyone now that the true policy, the correct treatment, has not yet been determined upon. Nor have such suggestions been mndo as will surely remcYe the difficulties. There are those who hold that it is possible to remedy the trouble by tiie free tiso of jetties, whose effect will be to widen the channel year by year, and keep tiie river in its natural bounds ;that nothing else can ever give permanent relief; that the question ot cost should not be considered, inas much as the relief when completed will be permanent, and that the expense will be distributed through the many years it will require to accomplish the task. There are others who declare that tiie government should construct enormous levees the entire length of the river, meeting the objection of previous inefficiency of levees with the declaration that the work has never been done systemati cally; that the heighth, breadth and width 8ltould be of such proportions ns to absolutely forbid tiie possibility of weakness at any point. Others again there are, who argue that tho country would have been better off had tiie river never been confined, hutleit to oveflow naturally, and who assert that the river bed under the levee sys tem is constantly being raised, and that eventually there must be a limit to resistance and wide-spread destiuc- tion tho result. No man can declare among these theories which have soundness and which are worthless. There is more or less reason in all of them. Still they are theories, some of which have been partially tested in a small wav. It seems toms, however, the best way to reach the final solution of the great question, for reach it wo must, would bo for the general gov ernment to invite to an exami nation of it the great engineering mind of the world. If necessary let Congress lay aside from tho appropri ations already inado a sufficient sum of money (o gather in New Orleans twenty of tho first engineers of the world, and pay them to make a minute exnminn- tion of tho river nnd tho country inter ested. If the engineers cannot point out tho truo method to be followed in treating tho Mississippi, there is no use in spending money upon it, to ho annu ally swept nway, nnd tho country dam aged, in addition, to (lie usual extent. If they can furnish the true solution of tiie question, and we Imre unlimited faith in the engineering talent of tho age, why then tho sooner it is obtained and work upon the Hue it will suggest, is begun, tho better will it be. The eloquence of Memorial Day seemed to us to decline ns wo wandered farther from its first celebr-dion. Young men who had borne no part in the struggle made memorable by the sacrifice of so mucli life, appeared to lack the divine aiilatus necessary to do justice to the memory and services of our dead heroeB. In imitation of our own service for the dead, tho people of the North 1-ad flattered us by adopting it, and had yet wounded us by tho partisan speeches of tiicir chosen orators. Fearing lest tho custom should degenerate under the debasing touch of the politi cian, it was suggested that me morial day should be in a silence unbroken, save by tiie falling oi tiie laurels upon the graves of the dead. Recent events have awakened us to a realizing sense of how vain, weak and impotent the judgment of man iB in the presonco of the God-like intui tion of woman. The marble columns that rear their heads in Southern cemeteries from tho Potomac to the Rio Grande will indeed bear the glorious story of tho Confed orate soldier to the generations tocomo after us. But there is still need that this story shall ho implanted in the hearts of our children, fresh from tiie lips of the living orator. Within a year and in a far-off State one who wore timgray, in tho presence of those who helped tomakc n wilder ness oi our land nnd ruins of our homes, was pleased to announce his delight that tho South had lost the great battle for her honor nnd her rights. .Grant that those were the words of but one man, who had forgot ten the woes of his living kindred and the heroic sacrifice of his dead, still the fearful admission was made to our discredit. More, with this language fresh on his lips, this uloquont orator of the “new South” was taken up by living Confed erate soldiers and placed at the head of a society formed to cherish the memory of dead ones. This simple recital of a painful fact need only be accompanied by tho exhortation to our women to have some man on Memorial Day, no matter how weak or humble, whose voice shall hear to tho assembled youth tho truo story of their dead fathers and brothers, and of the lasting gratitude that every true Southern man and woman cherishes for them. \ J — / ng these impending centuries, But if wo extend tho viow and essay y 'A /rlt BiBB in THE WAR. y ompr lef Record of the Military Companies In the Confederate sorvlco From this County. Christian sepulture. Tho State of Ken-. . .. .. 4l tucky brought hack her dead from the ««?■"* " l ‘ h , hl " “ Wn ‘ tban tho . plains of Mexico and raised over them ° 11,0 in “ C ‘, that 8 P? r,s 8 ““ “ a monument, and tho incident ha. gone * U, ° 8ummcr 8 " unshlno andll,cn 181081 down to future generations embalmed in the soul-stirring poem of Theodore O’Hara. Kentucky has reason to bo proud of her action, and the world is proud ot her for it. The Legislature . ...... ol Georgia at its coming session should f> al > ro8 <l ■* ****>; ■»> «■“ forever. Mr. Webster considered tho liook of Job tho ilpest epic that had ever been written, and tiie thirty-eighth chapter the best in the book. He was wont to provide a grave for every son who bore iter arms and died in defense of her rights. O.nerat Toombs's Dispatch. The cxuiicrant, intellectual energy which has made General Toomta I ries before looked up at these samo won- lured upon the dazzling heavens, quot ing alternately from Job and David. (Jh one occasion when thus engaged, he wns heard to repeat witii some what ot awe the words of the Psalmist, who like himself had twenty-live centu- a man so marked as not to he moos- dors from the hills of Juilea. "When urod by tho ordinary rules applied to I I consider thy heavens, the work of other men, seems to defy the burden thy fingers, tho moon and the store of advancing years and private griefs, which thou hast ordained; what is Whenever the political waters are man that thou art mindful of him, moved, tiie public may always expect to hear from him in a way, if not wise, at least striking and entertaining. Anil the public is never disappointed. Hislatestdcmonstration is embraced and tiie son of man that thou visiteth him?” How Shall the Mississippi be Treated The greatest engineering problem of in a dispatch sent to Speaker Carlisle, I ‘ he “H*- from an American standpoint, on the eve of the late caucus, in these «. to control the Mississippi river. words: “ ‘.Vuf/* tetliijia refrersNss.’ country is with you.” The recent exploit of this mighty arm of nature has set at rest for tiie present tho question of the efficacy of There can be no danger of a retreat 1 IcTee8 ' Xo levee has been able to with- upon the part of Mr. 8|>eaker Carlisle, «* anJ the P° wer ol the floodl *- Prac ‘‘- for he burned the bridges behind him «%» the entire lower Mississippi val- at the late free trade banquet. But the 'ey '»tO-'l»y under water and desolate, people are not with him. Mr. Carlisle thousands of people homeless and im- himself confesses that his free trade Povwished, plantations swept clear of |ioUcy means the defeat of the Demo-1 improvemento, farming implements cratic party in the Presidential contest, I c*mcd away and stock drowned, and it may be taken for granted The upper valley, and the valieys of that Mr. Carlisle neither underesti- tributary rivers, have recently suffered mates nor over-estimate, the chances I in like manner, cities, towns, villages for or against him. The majority .(I and liamlets submerged, and probably the people of this country are for pro-1 in this one season, damage greater by tectionto American labor and industry, I ten times the aggregate amount hither- and have repeatedly so declared. The I to expended in defense of property, has writer can recall the days when Mr. I been inflicted. What has happened this Toombs, the Ajax of tiie Whig party year may and will happen, until in the old eighth district, was tiie able science and still, backed by an cnor- Tho Telegraph 'and Metienger. The Athens Banner-Watchman and other papers in Georgia, not reciprocat ing our kindly feelings towards them selves, have fallen into the bad habit of attributing our positions on public questions to personal and selfish mo tives. One of tiie stockholders in the Tele graph and Messenger Publishing Com pany happens to bo also a stockholder in a cotton manufacturing company, as well os in other dcslrahlo enterprises, and hence it suits tho purposes of these journals to attribute our advocacy of a reasonably protective tariff to a desiro to further his private interests. The same lino of argument, or rattier ot misrepresentation, is used with .regard to our position on other questions of public concern. We submit that tills is unjust, and not in keeping with tho courtesies of the profession. It our positions are wrong, let the wrong be pointed out. If our arguments are weak, let tlielr weakness tie exposed. It Is no answer to either to say that tho motive that leads to the one or inspires the other is selfish or personal. Our critics should remember that the people of Georgia, up to tiie beginning of the war, when there were hardly a dozen cotton mills in the State, were about equally divided on the tariff question, and that the editors of thp the Tei.eorapu and Messknoir were the advocates of a judicious tariffbefore there was a cotton factory in Macon, As to the success of this journal, it has not been our habit to speak. If any of onr contemporaries have any un easiness on this point, however, we take pleasure in informing them that its daily circulation has been quadrupled and its weekly quintupled since it passed into the hands of its present proprietors. Since tiie begin ning of the present year our circulation has increased at the rate of 600 subscri bers per month, and our advertising has kept pace witii our growing sub scription lists. We trust, therefore, that tiie Ban ner-Watchman ami others will dis miss all fears concerning onr welfare, and that they will address themselves hereafter to the reasons and arguments with which we sock to fortify our positions, and not try to find un worthy motive. for what we may print. and eloquent champion of the protect ive policy of tliat grand old party. There i. always a vein cf subtle i mous expenditure of money, shall have furnished a solution of the problem, I and made the overflow country as safe rasm running through tiie brilliant and I from watery invasion as tiie highlands, picturesque epigrams and bon mots in I Who will unravel the knotty ques- which Mr. Toombs indulges. Having I tion? had his day in court—having witnessed the destruction of all his own politi- The control of the Mississippi river I undoubtedly belongs to the United col hopes ami aspirations, he doubtless [ States. It is the great artery through Room for tho Orator. Memorial day draws near and nature promises to greet it with a wealth of flowers. The ladies of the land having In charge tiie ceremonies incident to the occasion, have selected speakers to pay tribute to the honored dead. It affords us pleasure to note that the oratorical portion of the programme wilt not he neglected We had for years entertained opin- LAM.tr. INFANTRY. Organized In September, 1801, by tho election of Mr. T. W. Brnntly, captain; John A. McManus, first lieutenant; J. If. Dunlap, senior second lieutenant; W.E. Jenkins, junior second lieutenant, and Georgs E. Ricks, sergeant. Besides the commissioned and non commissioned offi cers, tiie roll of the Company was 120 pri rates. Tills company was named hi honor of the lamented John B. Lamar, who fur. nlslied the men witii entire equipments, including tents, uniforms, patent-leather haversacks, shoes, etc. Among its mem bers were many of the best men from Joncsconnty. It was the largest and best equipped company sent from Bibb county, and was mustered into State service at Camp Harrison, on the Savannah and Gulf railroad, October 18, 1801, and with the Macon County Infantry, Everett Guards, from Fort Valley, Ross Volun teers, of Bibb county, and Columbus Min ute Boys, from Mutcogee county, formed the first battalion State forces by electing William II. Iloas lieutenant-colonel and appointing B. A. Wise adjutant. The com pany reiualucd tn State service until April 17, 1802; was reorganized May 17,1802, with 150 men, rank and file, and mustered into Confederate States service in the Fifty-fourth Georgia regiment, Colonel C. II, Way, of Savannah, commanding. Being company A, and Ute largest in the regiment, it was detached and assigned to the Georgia Siege Train Artillery, com manded by Major George L. Bnist, of Charleston, S. C., serving along the coast defenses end at the battle of Oiustee, Florida; remained in connection with the artillery train until May, 1801, when or dered to rejoin tiie regiment and report to General Joseph E. Johnson, at Dalton, Ga., wliere they were assigned to General W. H. Walker's brigade end remained with it until that gallant officer was killed; then assign’d to Clebum's division, and participated in all the battle* in which it was engaged in down to Jonesboro Ga.> thence went through Alabama with Gen eral Hood into Tennessee, and engaged in til the battles of that campaign, when they rejoined General Johnston in North Carotins and were surrendered as a part Of his army in 1805. The company's papers were raptured at Dalton, and msny items ot interest concerning its history were loaL The following is the roll of the company, and a report of each of Its members as far ss information st this late date can lie ob tained: orncasa. Captain T. It'. Brantley, promoted to major In 1809. died at Macon since the war. First Lieutenant John A. McManus, au thorized to raise a new company, after wards major of Third Georgia Reserves. Second lieutenant John It. Dnnlap, resigned .September, 1802, from failing health. Third Lieutenant William K. Jenkins, promoted to second lieutenant, October, 1862, and fint lieutenant June, 1801, and captain, by promotion, 1805. Firet Sergeant George Rieka, died at Sav annah, July, 1802: Second Sergeant II. L. Smith, promoted to orderly sergeant July, 1802, elected third lieutenant November. 1802, promot ed second lieutenant, ISA, «ud by promo- tuS:i„te',„^x wV^ sfoS’tt.waw PRIVATES. Armor, John, transferred to sharpshoot ers, June, 1802 supposed to bo dead At len, Peter Allen, John. Allen, DuviJ Avera, John F, Avert, William All--. S., supposed to be dead, A Qtato, supposed to be dead Bird, P, li. Bate, h. F., died since the »“ r - Bata, J, T„ died since the km Bonhart, Jas. E. Bailey, Jamet R. since tiie war. Brooks, J. 1*. Barfield j K„ promoted (o fourth sergeant, liu ;/• h'-dled at Savannah, July 18(3. Brantley, H. A. Britt. 6. t> Botpfri, jamet, transferred to shanahant era 1802; killed by a home since the ^2' Bntt. Henry Britt, L. II.. died .lace & war. Britt. J. J. Britt. I. D„ wounded near lost Mountain; died oi woundsjune 1861. Bat,. II. IF., supposed to be ® observed Brantley, II. .S'., wounded 1801 at Camnbcll' ton Roads; died since the war. Bronto* Louie It. if., accidently killed since the war. Baker, Sol., wounded near Kinn. ton, 186i. Bateman, B. M„ wounded near AUsnta 861. Barfield, James. W. /•., died since the war. Brantley, M V Crawford, J. if,, transferred to iharol shooters, 1802; supposed to bo dead. Cum. mtnys, Owen, died at Savannah, 18G3 Combs, Talbot, captured near Marrieita' died ainco tho war. Churchill, John caul tured near Resaca, 18W. Cobb, Jesse'dill since the war. * Dunlap, William. Dennis, A. 0, died at Savannah, July. 18«3. Downs li D E.tt J EM?;j DaTi,,HenryC - ' Falrey, C„ supposed to be dead. Faulk Robert, baulk, Henry, transferred to sharpshooters. 1862. Flowers, William. Felts, Robert L. Ford. L. A. Follondore Charle*. Fountain, William, supposed to be dead. Fountain. J. M. Finny, Saw p \ wounded and died in Tennessee. 18fti' Fennel, George T. Feagin. Elbert, wound ed near Atlanta, July, 1801. FoUtndore Joe, died since tho war. Oaffrey John, died since the war Grooms, D. B. Gailand, J. W. Giles, Van killed near Ix»t Mountain, June. 18GI * Haney, K. IF, captured and .lied in prison, lfysler, William. Holloman £ r *nk- Hadron. John W. Hudson. D. li. Hudson, W. J. Herrington, Riley died on return from prison since tho war Hotelling, A. Hicks, Alford, wounded near Jonesboro, August, 1864. Render, son, James. Harris, Frank. Herrington' John. Hanesiey, Charles. Hume. V. S„ killed at asylum since the war. Hodges, J. K. Hardy, 7%«niai,dicd in Macon since the war, Jordan, Jacob. Jordan, J. J. died since tho war. Johnton, B. , died since the war. Joiner. Jot, died since the war. Johnton, IF T„ wounded July, 1861; died since wnr. Jonet, Jack, died since war, Jackson, Perry W. Jessup, Jas. Jatptr, Jamet, IF. died since the tvar. • King, Thomat D,, died since the war. Kitnhrcw, Thomas M. Kimbrew, Ed. 8. Kitchens. O. W. Kitchen, Urius. Kitch en, M. W. Kitchen, M. W. Kitchen, W. H. Langiton, IF J., died since (the war, Lewis, R. H. Lester, Frank. lister, John. Lester, T. C. Land, IF. J„ died in Atlanta since the war. Lawrence, Frank M. I-vIes, J.C. McAdams, B., wounded in July, 1861, near Marietta. Mixon, James, wounded nt Kenncsaw Mountain. June, 1SOL Moore, IF IF, died, 1863. May, S. />., died during tho war. Marshall, James, died since the war. Mason, Dan. Mason, John. Mason, J. It., supposed to be dead. Ilmrr, S. O., died in savannah, March, 1863. Masscit, Robert, killed near Calhoun, On., 1*14. Mulkcy J.J. Mulkoy.W.O. Mor. rit. Jamet, died during the war. Nnrsum, II., killed near Kingston, June, 1861. Nolaud, W. A. Nodetto, Joe. No land, W. A. Pnrithjp, A. J.. supposed to be dead. Ponert, Thomat, died since the war. I’M- trrron, H'., killed at Jonesboro, September, 1861. Patterson, A. W. Payne, Green. Patterson, 8. L. Roberts. Reuben, Ryle, F. M. Rue, IF 0., died slnco the war. liolrrlt. M il.. died in prison In 1861. Itutlcdge, trans ferred to sharpshooters, June, isiB. lint in, William, died slnco the war. Richardton, IF L„ died since the war. Robert,, It. J., died in priron, 1801. Rye, W. W., trans ferred to sharpshooters, 1802. Bogttamare, J. T., died since the war. Roberts, 8oL Roy, John IF, died since the war. ltltchie, Stephen, Joe. Sloeumh, /•’. It., died at Savannah, 1802. Smith, John IV. Stew art, W. Smith, Crawford, died since tho war. Scott, William' R. Simmons, W„ transferred to shnrpaliootcrs, is..’. .Sim- nutu. A. J’.: died since the war. Smith, W. D„died »li% the wnr. Smith, Cicero C„ promoted Third sergeant, 1861. Sateyrr, William, died since the wnr. H. J.. •lied since the war. Stephen,. Caleb, died during the wnr. Stewart, John. SU uvrt. Situi, died since the war. Smith, John J., died atnee the war. Toy, Richard, killed near I/>6 Moun tain, 1803. Taylor. J< •rry. Teel, James f died since the war. T! u m-m l, J. W„ pro moted sergeant, 1861. Tidwell, Janie-. Tucker,Motet, wounded near Atlanta, July t, 1861. Tidwell, (ieorgr. Tucker, Stephen. Venn, lltfry, died uuring tiie war. Vis age, William. Finsori, li., died -ir.ee tho war. Well, J., supposed to be dead. Well-, William. Wheeler. A. O. Wheeler. J. Marion. Wiggin, William, died ntSavan- nah.Angust, 188t Wood, W.H. T. II «/, J. C., killed at Jonesboro, September, 1861. Wood, A. J. H nt, l>a . die l in prison, 1861. Wood, It., died in prison! 1861. It'Aflr. J. 1) . died since the war. Woodall, J. W. J. Wtlcmxiun, J, S . supposed to he dead. Names in Italic were killed or have died since the war. Chronlo Coatlvsness Cured ny Bran- dreth'e Pill's, Bully Buaxo Hills,Aatz -xt Tit*., Jan uary 21,1883—l'or tie- last two years I have been greatly troubled with eostive- ness, often ten or twelve days elan-lug « u an> II ■ . III. II' Ol the' bowel- 1 ■ I limns- rI'lm-dii-- hut non-- with • • - - until I fi-.-.t vollr Vegetable fill-, taking Hirer pills and im reajlngone every night until 1 took nine, then decrcu-lng one every night. have continued headache, s< situde have man—which pills—and I ibis new cot think- the country fa going to the d^vil, I which flows the trade of ■ dozen States and regards it n duty to help it along. I whose territory ends at its low-water I ions to the contrary of the one just ex- Thu is not the first time that he has | mark. The defense of the country lia ‘ hie to ita watery invasion is a duty im-1 that in these columns we have hereto- ■ posed npoa tiie general government, j tore given them a more permanent used tiie wires at a critical juncture. On the day before the deciaton of tin preaaed, amt recall now with regret, Corporal J. j. JUrrf,, t center: tor tlic Speakership of the torty-1 and U already rccognixed at fueb. li j form tban in mere words. rain Rry. —General Dbu will probably be tiie next President of Mexit o. Where the Fire is Out. Magic No More a Mystery—Seen From Across the Vorld. "Haroan of Aleppo,” >tld Mr. Phillip I»-*r v»l, "Hadmastered %verj »ecrut in nature which the nobler ma(ic accks to fathom. IIo discovered that the true art of heeling U to u* ■Ut nature to throw off dU<*ac~to lummon, m it were, the whole ajitem tn the ene my that hat hutened on a part Illa proceaset all included the re in vigo ration of the principle of life/* In this the eaitera sage merely anticipated the practice of the beat pbyitclans of to-day. What lUelUelfU, nobody knew than nobody knows now. L it w# hare learned of the reason why the mysterious tide rises and falls. Provided the art-at organs of th*» body are nol Irreparably destroyed, medical science can alwaya relieve, an*! often save. *etno reputable phyairlan now adhere* to the barbarous and stupid proce**** of deple tion. such a* Ur^liag. by which It waa at- temptedlocuredUciuc* by redurlu* thepa* tlent's ability to r* «t«t It. Now-anSays w« do tear down the fort to help the garrUoo— tion first lieutenant 18U5. - wreogthen lu Th.r.l Herarant kobert W. gmlth, pro. - "'"*'7 m r ? *eu^»n' November, im, to thihl lieutenant. 1801. an.! to eecotui dlaMrutf MerfallVtSJSmIto rtnaH lieutenant. 1805. Wuutie-l near Jonas- ***«».•J,.,.,' uwWKTtK, itvttw born. September. 1861. tare the twlmnn the rsBl tar, » M Poarth Sergeant J. X. Harris, promoted thez all tihaottts of U>* atomach. UMi lonrtrrlr. July. ls,l | Uver are at wet fettered at carol. Soe to second sergeant, and to engineer corps. « P)Qi- KA T. >